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2012 College Football Final Top 25
Category: NCAA
Tags: NCAA Football Alabama Cincinnati Florida Georgia LSU Notre Dame Ohio St. Oregon SEC Stanford Texas A&M South Carolina

The basic idea of my computer ratings is to be a better version of the BCS standings, where the focus is on the top teams and having the correct top 2.

For the first few years, my top 2 agreed with the BCS top 2 with the BCS Champion finishing #1 in my final rankings. That changed last year when I had Oklahoma St. #2 going into the bowls and then LSU stayed #1 despite the loss to Alabama.

Once again this season, my top 2 was different from the BCS top 2. I had Notre Dame #1 going in, but Alabama was down at #4, below Florida and Ohio St.

Some might scoff at Florida, which didn’t even win its division, but neither did last year’s pre-bowl #3. Florida also managed to beat both LSU and Texas A&M, which Alabama could not do, and the Tide didn’t even face one of the top 3 teams of the other division until the SEC Championship game.

As for Ohio St., let’s face it: If they weren’t on probation, they would have been in the title game against Notre Dame.

Since I’m about to paste my top 25 below anyway, I’ll give it away. Alabama did finish as #1 in the final rankings this year, the second year in a row my (completely subjective) preseason #1 ended #1. And if we were to look at the top 2 now, what happens? Rematch! Alabama should have to beat them again. It would be even better if they had to beat Georgia again though. In addition, Alabama should also have to travel back in time and beat Texas a second time in 2009.

I’ll be really annoyed if Alabama has a November loss next year and ends up in the title game again anyway, especially being that their SEC East opponents in the regular season will be Tennessee and Kentucky while LSU, for instance, will play Florida and Georgia.

 

Top 25

rank / team / prior

1 Alabama 4

2 Notre Dame 1

3 Ohio St. 2

4 Oregon 6

5 Stanford 5

6 Florida 3

7 S Carolina 8

8 Georgia 10

9 TX A&M 12

10 Kansas St. 7

11 Clemson 15

12 Florida St. 16

13 SJSU 14

14 LSU 9

15 Oklahoma 11

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Bama, Irish and Ground Hogs Day
Category: Humor
Tags: Crimson Tide Notre Dame Ohio State Reality TV?

The Domers got a taste of what it feels like to be outmatched.  Like Ohio State and a litany of other hopefuls,  their feelings of belonging were quickly put to rest.   One person stated it beautifully when they said,  “The National Championship Game, where Non-SEC schools go to die”.

But this humor comes as no surprise to teams often unable to beat the Tide.  At this point-in-time,  it is more like ‘Groundhog’s Day’,  where the outcome will always be the same.  I could see Bill Murray driving with the ground hog as they go off the cliff,  only to repeat the day over and over and with the BCS title still being in the hands of the SEC.

The guy who wore #9 for the Irish was hugely overweight.  I quipped that it looked one of his numbers were missing and there should be a 7 or another 9 to make it look right.

The highlight of the evening came when Brent Musburger was fixated with a women, roughly one-third his own age.  And considering the score the only question was Cialis or Viagra?

The next controversy, following the game,  was a few days later when Johnny Football was partaking of some self-medicating.  Instead of Britney’s exposure or a random camel-toe, this story would do.

After such a mediocre season (kidding),  why would he be drinking champagne?   It isn’t like the media types don’t take chances!  See: Brent Musburger.  

I can imagine these vultures with their sharp leaded pencils making haste to ruin yet another life.  In a sonorous tone,  their mighty quills will strike paper like a Thor’s hammer.   They will beat this story so hard,  that they will reach their sexual highs and then tell you how much they care about the health and safety of young people.

My favorite whipping boy,  Bob Costas is finding a way of making it about him.  I can imagine steam rising up from his toupe and taking adrenaline just to keep up.   For doing what?  What all young people do and what he did when he was young.   And to allude to us as children,  just before he trips over his tricked-out walker.    I’ve heard to relax,  he watches Beavis and Butthead Across America with his favorite scene being the prospects of a full-cavity search.

Okay another rant here.  You all know the show called ‘Operation Repo’,  where the young girl,  allegedly is actually like 34 years old and they treat her like a kid. Ha!!!   Come on now and she is saying expressions like ‘Really’?   And then she alludes to Facebook.   Like a teenager out past curfew,   she sits and pouts.  How rich!  It must annoy her when Matt’s beautiful daughter  is younger and prettier!

I would love to see Matt get his butt beat by the Marine who does the property management stuff.   Still,  I find it funny when undermines the so-called young girl.  Lynda!

Well the weather is beginning to warm up again,  reminding me of Tampa, Florida for this time of year.  It is getting to the point where people will say,  “it hasn’t snowed here for 40 years”!  LOL. 

In college basketball things are not so settled.  With re-alignment the former Big Whatever has chosen another way to describe their conference and even more bizarre is the possibility of conferences going defunct like the old Southwest Conference.   I  bet Alec Trebec would have difficulty keeping up with all the changes.

What we need is a reality show.  We could feature the buffoons of the NCAA trying to keep up with all the drugs,  failing grades and now,  athletes drinking or getting a milkshake from a booster or assistant coach.   The possibilities are endless and probably as entertaining as those two guys in the Sonic commercials.

Speaking of reality shows,  how about ones Doctors actually telling people about the side effects of medications.   Like with those medications for sex,  where they have to talk to their doctors, to see if you healthy enough to have sex.  Okay they are pimping a drug to get you in the mood but the people are in two different tubs.  Here is an idea,  get one big tub!!   Or advice like don’t stand in the rain trying to be cute.   And don’t try so hard!! 

Well enough of sublime silliness.  I have Monte Python on speed dial and a miracle ear.   You can never start too soon.  

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Pre-Bowl (Week 14) Top 25 and Comments
Category: NCAA
Tags: NCAA Football Alabama Arkansas St. Boise St. Florida St. Kansas St. N. Illinois Notre Dame Ohio St. Okla. San Jose St. Stanford Wisconsin

Top 25

 

rank / team / prior

 

1 Notre Dame 1

2 Ohio St. 2

3 Florida 3

4 Alabama 5

5 Stanford 6

6 Oregon 4

7 Kansas St. 8

8 S Carolina 9

9 LSU 10

10 Georgia 7

11 Oklahoma 13

12 TX A&M 12

13 Nebraska 11

14 SJSU 15

15 Clemson 14

16 Florida St. 17

17 N. Illinois 19

18 Oregon St. 16

19 Utah St. 18

20 Boise St. 24

21 Louisville –

22 N’western 20

23 Michigan 23

24 Ball St. –

25 Ark. St. –

 

Out of rankings: (21) Texas, (22) Rutgers, (25) Kent St.

 

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Pre-championship notes and Week 13 Top 25
Category: NCAA
Tags: NCAA Football Alabama Clemson Florida Florida St. Georgia Georgia Tech Kent St. LSU Notre Dame Ohio St. Oregon South Carolina Texas A&M

I’m going to switch it up and put my top 25 last, since that’s old news at this point. But you can always look up my new ratings early Sunday morning and all week long via that link.

Saban vs. Muschamp and SEC notes

Also, I don’t think we really learned anything new last week. I’m not saying I predicted every game to happen as it did, but there was nothing earth-shattering. I do think the SEC should have quieted a bit of the talk about it being some kind of fraud illusion. I’ll get back to that after mentioning the Muschamp/Saban dispute, both of whom I remember well as LSU coaches of course.

Florida is a solid #3 now in my top 25. If Alabama beats Georgia, I would honestly rather see the Gators in the title game to Notre Dame. At least the Tide would have a greater chance of losing. But a certain head coach doesn’t even think Florida deserves the Sugar.

“You play your way into the (SEC) championship game, which means you’re the best team in your division. …”

Does it always mean that? Really? We wouldn’t to give a one-loss team that didn’t win its division the benefit of the doubt in some cases, right?

And Florida actually tied for its division, kind of like Alabama would have done with Texas A&M (which would have been followed by Alabama watching from home and hoping for a Sugar invite) had Florida not beaten Texas A&M. I hardly think it a coincidence that the two of the top-6 SEC teams who are playing for the championship had the weakest interdivisional competition (Alabama played Tennessee and Missouri, while Georgia played Auburn and Ole Miss).

So let’s look at top wins and losses by either potential loser against Florida. I list all the wins over teams .500 or better in BCS-conference competition. And don’t forget that you’re adding a second loss to either Georgia or Alabama.

(you'll have to go here to check out the table I made)

How do you NOT pick Florida?

Muschamp offered to play in the game in lieu of Alabama, and implicitly would have let the Tide have the Sugar Bowl. I’d probably rather see that game, actually.

Of course, I indicated above two of the SEC’s wins over the ACC over the weekend. Also, South Carolina beat Clemson and Vandy beat Wake Forest. The fact that Vandy not only won but was expected to win and won easily shows how far they’ve come. Being in the middle of this league (#7 based on wins and losses in conference) is hard to do. Vandy did lose to Northwestern earlier in the year though. No other such losses by the SEC top 8 though.

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Week 12 Top 25 and Commentary Tags: NCAA Football Alabama Florida Kansas St. northern illinois Northwestern Notre Dame Ohio St.

Top 25

rank / team / prior

1 Notre Dame 1

2 Ohio St. 6

3 Florida 4

4 Alabama 3

5 Kansas St. 2

6 Oregon 5

7 Stanford

8 Georgia 7

9 LSU 9

10 Nebraska 10

11 Clemson 13

12 S Carolina 8

13 TX A&M 12

14 Florida St. 14

15 Oregon St. 15

16 Oklahoma 17

17 Rutgers 20

18 Texas 16

19 SJSU 23

20 Louisville 19

21 Michigan 22

22 Utah St. 25

23 N. Illinois –

24 UCLA 24

25 N’western –

 

Out of rankings: (18) La. Tech, (21) Toledo

 

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